I always wonder if they will ever be able to win without working to capture local support. I believe instead of destroying and fighting with fire, they should approach on foot and focus on re-building, to win over local support. This was evident in the strategies used by Britain and Australia. Jim Richards(on) a british NATO commander worked on rebuilding, however the americans were angry with him and forced him to hand over the town he controlled. He had brokered a ceasefire with the Taliban for 4 months. on the first day under American command, the Americans kicked down local gates and doors in the search for Taliban, upsetting locals, bringing the Taliban back into action, with a full-on firefight. and the town was lost to the taliban by the end of the day. comment.
2007-03-11
23:15:03
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2007-03-13
01:28:32 ·
update #1